Rice: Won't Coerce Allies on N. Korea- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is on a crisis mission to Asia to reinforce the sanctions against North Korea after their nuclear testing on October 9^th.
     "I did not come to South Korea nor will I go anyplace else to try to dictate to governments what they ought to do," Rice said at a news conference with South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon.
     Rice's visit was to reassure jittery allies of U.S. support on the sanction. But she played down differences over how to confront Pyongyang, and left U.S. expectations vague.
     The Chinese government sent out a message to North Korea to stop testing nuclear weapons. China wants to peacefully deal with North Korea so they don’t hurt the already fragile government of Kim Jong Il.  
     Beijing's U.N. ambassador has indicated that inspectors will not board ships to search for equipment or material that can be used to make nuclear, chemical and biological weapons or ballistic missiles.